Venezuela condemns Trump airspace closure warning
Venezuela has condemned US President Donald Trump’s statement that the airspace around the country should be considered closed.
The country’s foreign ministry called Trump’s comments “another extravagant, illegal and unjustified aggression against the Venezuelan people”.
The US does not have legal authority to close another country’s airspace and the Venezuelan statement accused Trump of making a “colonialist threat”.
The US has built its military presence in the area and carried out at least 21 strikes on boats it said were carrying drugs, killing more than 80, without providing evidence. Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro has said the US actions are attempt to oust him.
In his book, The Room where it happened, Neoliberal Hawk John Bolton goes into detail at the attempted coup 2019 by Trump against Venezuela and as Trump ratchets up an enormous fleet off the coast.
It’s a fascinating insight into how deeply involved Trump’s first term was in the attempted coup against Maduro and provides some insight into Trump’s current thinking.
Trump’s concerns as outlined by Bolton were Venezuela empowering China, Cuba and Russia. It was also to appease the Venezuelan-American community who strategically had all moved to Florida to provide a powerful Republican voting block.
Trump’s desire in 2019 was for military action which bewildered even a war monger like Bolton…
“Trump insisted he wanted military option for Venezuela and then keep it because “it’s really part of the United States”.
…Bolton said this aggression surprised him, but it would get worse…
“Trump, as usual, was having trouble distinguishing responsible measures to protect legitimate American interests from what amounted to vast overreaching of the sort no other government, especially a democratic one, would even consider.
…when Bolton is the voice of reason, you are in deep trouble.
With all restraints off the second term of Trump, a Venezuelan invasion almost looks certain.
Let’s be clear, this is not about stopping Fentanyl coming to America by declaring Madura narco terrorist!
Venezuela is a cocaine traffic lane, not Fentanyl.
The killings of boats suspected of trafficking are extra judicial assignations with no legal defence and Trump’s recent pardon of ex-Honduras leader, President Juan Orlando Hernandez, for drug trafficking makes the whole claim against Maura a hypocritical irony…
Trump to pardon ex-Honduras leader serving drug trafficking sentence in US
…Talking of hypocritical ironies, the recent shootings of two National Guard members by an Afghan National that Trump is now attempting to use as evidence against migration is as hypocritical and ironic as it gets because what Trump isn’t pointing out is that the afghan national in question…
worked for a CIA “Zero Unit” death squad enforcing the USA’s occupation of his home country
…I would imagine doing CIA ‘wet work’ would probably make you a tad psychotic.
When the afghan national was murdering for America, it was fine, when he turn on America he was ‘radicalised.
Glad we sorted that out.
Trump is a preening peacock enamoured with his own tough guy reflection.
Trump is going to invade Venezuela.
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